AmigaBinary
05-Jan-86 22:09:08
Sb: #4293-AmigaBinary
Fm: Russ Wetmore 76703,2010
To: Larry Phillips/ICUG 74025,636
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I was just commenting on the outline that Bill put up. A final decision hasn't
been reached yet re: ABTF (it's still being talked up) but I imagine that the
block transfer flag will stay. One problem which is being worked on is what
should happen when a BBS tries to send multiple files to a terminal program
which doesn't support the batch transfer. Since the proposed format suggests
that a terminal program "ignore all data that it doesn't know what to do with",
(since extensions which extend the length of the sent file are
possible/probable) some method should be used to alert the BBS that no more
files are wanted. Unfortunately, this falls outside the realm of the format,
which is supposed to be protocol independant (i.e. how you signal to the BBS to
stop sending would depend on the protocol.)
[ Russ ]